| The Green Papers: Colorado 2007 Off Year Election |
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Colorado
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress |
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| U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 110th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
| Class 2 | Republican | Senator A. Wayne Allard • First elected: 1996; re-elected 2002 [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1990, 1992, 1994] • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Open Seat - Announced retirement 15 January 2007 effective at the end of this term. |
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| Class 3 | Democratic | Senator Ken Salazar • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors | |||||
| Democratic | Governor Willliam "Bill" Ritter, Jr. • First elected: 2006 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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| Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Elected on a ticket- and nominated- with the Governor | |||||
| Democratic | Lieutenant Governor Barbara O'Brien • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| 110th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110th House | |||||
| Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 4 Democratic (3 Undetermined, 1 Open); 3 Republican (2 Undetermined, 1 Open) | |||||
| CD 1 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Diana L. DeGette • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 2 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Mark Udall • First elected: 1998 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Open Seat - Candidate for the Senate Class 2 seat in 2008 |
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| CD 3 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman John Tony Salazar • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 4 {map} |
Republican | Congressman Marilyn N. Musgrave • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 5 {map} |
Republican | Congressman Douglas L. "Doug" Lamborn • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 6 {map} |
Republican | Congressman Thomas Gerard "Tom" Tancredo • First elected: 1998 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Open Seat - Running for President Candidate in 2008. On 29 October 2007 he announced he would not seek a 6th term. |
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| CD 7 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Edwin "Ed" Perlmutter • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Republican | Secretary of State Mike Coffman • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • May run for Congressman in CD 6 |
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| Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Democratic | Treasurer Cary Kennedy • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Republican | Attorney General John W. Suthers • Appointed: 5 January 2005 as an Independent; First elected as a Republican: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such. |